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The Case against FDR | Glenn Loury & David Beito | The Glenn Show
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Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Order Glenn's new book, "Self-Censorship," here or wherever you get your books: Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/683p6kk3 Barnes & Noble: https://tinyurl.com/4yvz4fta Bookshop: https://tinyurl.com/44rznxww Glenn Loury (Brown University, Hoover Institution, Self-Censorship) and David Beito (University of Alabama, FDR: A New Political Life). Recorded December 30, 2025.
- 0:00Why another biography of FDR?
- 3:41David’s dispute with the “heroic” view of FDR
- 5:56David: “The main focus of FDR was FDR”
- 10:05The surprising continuity between FDR’s and Hoover’s monetary policy
- 16:01Canada’s avoidance of the banking crisis
- 19:50FDR’s failed attempt to unilaterally set gold prices
- 26:14Why did FDR intern Japanese Americans, despite his advisors’ opposition?
- 30:45FDR’s apparent indifference to lynching
- 35:00David: Roosevelt actively opposed Jewish refugees entering the US
- 41:42The “unconditional surrender” policy’s negative consequences
- 47:31Stalin’s victory at Yalta
- 51:28How David thinks we should teach FDR and WWII history
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